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any suggestions for medicine courses that arent that bothered about gcses and mainly focuses on a levels and personal statement?

Reply 1

StationToStation

Hey, you might find this page helpful (although you should check the websites of the unis for any recent changes): http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Applying_to_Medical_School_using_your_Strengths

Generally, unis tend to be either heavy on GCSEs or alternatively the UKCAT/BMAT, so if you have low GCSEs, you should work hard to get a good score in these. Good luck :smile:

Reply 2

ApplyYourself

Original post by jahidur99

any suggestions for medicine courses that arent that bothered about gcses and mainly focuses on a levels and personal statement?

You could resit GCSEs with A levels and get the grades up.

Medicine is really competitive so it's unlikely you'll find a uni that aren't bothered about GCSEs, unis need a way of filtering out students they see as unsuitable and one of the best ways they can do this is academic results.

Reply 3

Ezme39

All med schools have the AAA requirement or above for A-levels, but a few such as Cambridge place extra importance on AS results.

As mentioned above, it's really the UKCAT/ BMAT which helps those with lower GCSEs. Off the top of my head, you would be aiming to avoid Cardiff and probably Nottingham, but could have a shot at Newcastle/ Durham, maybe Plymouth.

Look at the individual med school sites for the most up-to-date information.